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2. Glossary of baseball terms - Wikipedia

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   Most baseball fans believe that clutch hitting exists, but there is significant disagreement among statheads whether clutch hitting is a specific skill or instead just something good hitters in general do. An old synonym for clutch is pinch, as in Christy Mathewson's book, Pitching in a Pinch.

3. Brushback pitch - Wikipedia

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   In baseball, a brushback pitch is a pitch (typically a fastball) thrown high and inside the strike zone to intimidate the batter away from the plate on subsequent pitches. [1] It differs from the beanball in that the intent is not to hit the batter , nor does it target the batter's head. [ 2 ]

4. Ground rules - Wikipedia

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   Robotic cameras attached to the facing of the backstop screen are considered part of the screen. A batted ball striking the backstop camera is considered a dead ball. A thrown ball striking the backstop camera is considered in play. A ball striking the guy wires that support the backstop is a dead ball.

5. Batter's eye - Wikipedia

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   Wrigley Field, before the 2005–2006 remodeling, with juniper-filled Batter's Eye section visible.. The batter's eye or batter's eye screen is a solid-colored, usually dark area beyond the center field wall of a baseball stadium, that is the visual backdrop directly in the line of sight of a baseball batter, while facing the pitcher and awaiting a pitch.

6. Pitch (baseball) - Wikipedia

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   In baseball, the pitch is the act of throwing the baseball toward home plate to start a play. The term comes from the Knickerbocker Rules. Originally, the ball had to be thrown underhand, much like "pitching in horseshoes". Overhand pitching was not allowed in baseball until 1884. The biomechanics of pitching have been studied extensively.

7. Baseball positions - Wikipedia

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   In the sport of baseball, each of the nine players on a team is assigned a particular fielding position when it is their turn to play defense. Each position conventionally has an associated number, for use in scorekeeping by the official scorer: 1 (), 2 (), 3 (first baseman), 4 (second baseman), 5 (third baseman), 6 (), 7 (left fielder), 8 (center fielder), and 9 (right fielder). [1]